Example sentences of "[conj] [conj] he [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marry , so there have been diverse good plots devised and wise counsels cast already about reformation of that realm , but they say it is the fatal destiny of that land that no purposes whatsoever are meant for her good will prosper or take good effect , which whether it proceed from the very genius of the soil , or the influence of the stars , or that Almighty God hath not yet appointed the time of her reformation , or that He reserveth her in this unquiet state still , for some secret scourge which shall by her come unto England , it is hard to be known but yet much to be feared . |
| 2 | Jasper wondered if the man in uniform had actually seen Chris on the roof of the car , had had a phone call from Kensington High Street that someone was on the roof of a car , or if he knew nothing except what that woman was telling him . |
| 3 | ‘ I ’ , ‘ me ’ or ‘ mine ’ are words that are frequently heard in the classroom , as a child proudly announces that he has ‘ built a big tower ’ or ‘ got one like that ’ , or as he asserts himself by virtue of possession , ‘ That 's mine ’ . |
| 4 | And does he love you as you are , or as he wants you to be ? |
| 5 | Going through Joe 's mind as he mounted the stairs were thoughts which were very similar , except that he expressed his in a slightly different way . |
| 6 | John Nutting , prosecuting , said that although he said nothing to detectives after his arrest , with a lock knife in his hand , they later found a chilling message daubed on his police cell wall . |
| 7 | He knows that if he helps them in time of need , they will reciprocate without being asked . |
| 8 | Such a word may be useful to a literary man but it throws little light on Green 's intentions except when he uses it in a negative sense ; in one chapter he states a subject was ‘ unpicturesque and consequently not worth an artists attention ’ . |
| 9 | And their shared taste for rich cake with coffee late at night restored her faith in their friendship a little , so that when he asked her about her family 's plans for Christmas she was able to answer in a relaxed and natural way . |
| 10 | We were sitting on rather low chairs , and he was very tall , so that when he placed himself at my corner his impedimenta were almost on a level with my nose . |
| 11 | He had developed a terrible memory for who he drove and where he drove them to . |
| 12 | Six years on , the family moved to Ugthorpe Lodge on the Whitby moors , a hotel with caravan site and smallholding where Mr Chance also had stables and where he involved himself with the Goathland Pony Club . |
| 13 | The discovery that he was still here , that his heart had found time , in that sinister cell he inhabited , to entrench itself in the obsessions of his lifetime , and that he believed himself to be in contact with the ghost of the dead king , were complications Huy could have done without . |
| 14 | Interviewed by police Paterson said he and Bailey had gone to investigate a broken window at the hangar and that he knew nothing about how the fire started . |
| 15 | Then say this one should recover his losses , and that he owes it to himself to let us at least do that for him . |
| 16 | He built his dragons a garden , the most beautiful garden in the world , and although he surrounded it with an iron wall which he believed they would not cross , he made the wall beautiful for them , lavish with filigree work and sweet with hanging plants . |
| 17 | ‘ But he 's very clever at getting out of it — and if he manages it without one of us noticing he inflicts the most terrible injuries on himself . |
| 18 | The GP is the one who is very likely to know his patient well and if he finds him with chest pain of at least 15 or 30 minutes duration in the classic distribution , with no previous complaints , and obviously not a malingerer , that individual should have thrombolysis as rapidly as possible . |
| 19 | And if he involved himself in military activity , he would simply have been discharging the martial duty expected of him as royal liberator . |
| 20 | So much so , that the foreman he sees it and and he commends her to , to Boaz his boss |
| 21 | Because Nick is ju erm is young and because he associates him with all these dangerous ideas , in genetic engineering and so on , he feels threatened by him . |
| 22 | He had picked her up half-conscious , and while he carried her to the hospital she had clung to him with a pitiful force . |
| 23 | I think on balance I mi I my advice is that we do nothing , just wait and see if whether he contacts you at all . |
| 24 | and it were gone about seven or eight weeks and when he heard nowt about it |
| 25 | ‘ She met some guy in there that day , some guy she used to go with , and he must 've said something because the next thing anyone knew , she was screaming at him , Pete was in the bar the morning after , he said the window was all over the floor , apparently she 'd thrown an ashtray at the guy and it had missed and taken the whole window out instead , and when he took her by the arm and tried to calm her down , she shook him off and ran out of the bar , right out in the street , and like I said , it was the bottom of a hill and there was a truck coming — ‘ |
| 26 | I mean , it was a windy day as well and I do n't think that helped because the wind was sort of blowing into the mike but er and when he took it to college there was this noise all the time , he must have had it clipped under here somewhere ! |
| 27 | It was hanging on the wall , and when he applied it to the p'tar 's rump the beast screamed once , as if outraged , and then it trotted sedately out of the stall and allowed itself to be backed between the shafts of the cart . |
| 28 | Sharp whey-like sweat came off hum as she smelt his closeness ; he was walking her backwards into the recess of the arched double doors of a neighbour 's carriage entrance , sticking to her awkwardly , like children playing at dancing , standing on each other 's feet , and when he had her against the door , he took his hand from the underside of her breast , and fingering her nipple , made it rise , then tweaked it till it stood up higher ; twinges darted from her breast to her groin , and Rosa closed her eyes with a little gasp . |
| 29 | Close to , she discovered , Pete smelled of carbolic soap , a dreadful turn-off , and when he kissed her in the dark it was so wet and sloppy she longed only to search for her handkerchief and wipe her mouth dry . |
| 30 | Not many women reach her years and have as much — for everything he can imagine her wanting he hastens to provide ; and it is bestowed as if she were a young and lovely creature at her first ball , and when he helps her down the stairs or into a taxi — for she is getting frail — he turns her into Gloriana . |